ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE
Students from across the country have applied for SV.CO’s six-month Silicon Valley Programme as the world’s first digital incubator for college goers. Overall, applications of 1,946 teams from 1,443 engineering colleges across 228 Universities in 26 States were received for the first phase of selection process, which was completed on August 31.
The inaugural entrepreneurship course will commences from January 2, 2017. The students will go through the coding and video task selection process where the best teams will be selected for the Silicon Valley Programme.
Students, who could not join the current phase of admission, can now apply for the phase II at www.sv.co before September 30.
Facebook, a partner of the programme, will provide access to the students to its developer teams in Menlo Park, California. As a part of the SV.CO Startup Programme, 50 students will make a six-day trip to California where they will get an opportunity to present their ideas to the Facebook team and get feedback on them. leading e-commerce platform Paytm has announced its support by offering 30 full scholarships to students of Startup Village.
SKIll DEVElOPMENT INITIATIVE
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the National Skill Development Fund (NSDF), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to ensuring skill development of the CRPF service personnel, their wards and family members. The three partners shall work together at CRPF Group Centres all across the country at CRPF locations to impart skill development programmes under the Skill India mission for the purposes of implementation of CRPF Multi-Skill Development Institutes Project. The MoU was signed in the presence of Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy. Under the MoU, the center will conduct welfare activities for family members of CRPF personnel, retired personnel, martyrs’ families, school students, youth and the specially-abled persons. The center will undertake various skill development programmes by training these people and providing them employment opportunities. The CRPF plans to promote NSQF compliant skill development and entrepreneurship through vocational courses and training.
NEW BOOK lAUNCH’
A book titled An Expert’s Guide to 101 Entry level Jobs for MBAs and Graduates authored by Mr T Muralidharan was launched recently in the Capital by Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry. This book is a sequel to the best selling first book of the same author titled An Expert’s Guide to Your Right First Job also published by Rupa Publications. Priced at only Rs299, this book will help to identify 101 job roles for nearly two million new entry-level vacancies for graduates in the next six years. It will hugely benefit those with qualifications like BE, BTech, BA, BCom, BSc, BBA, BCA, BPharm, Bl, as well as MBA, MCA, MBBS, CA, ICWA, CS and diploma holders. This book will not only open new avenues for the youth but also help them make the right career choice. It is also a must-read for Training and Placement Officers and Parents.
“The IT industry will be creating less jobs for fresh college pass outs. The youth must think beyond IT and ITeS industry but information on jobs in the other sectors are sketchy. There is a need for a reference book which will not only list the jobs but also explain why should youngsters join that job role and why should they build a career in that industry. That is the purpose of the book,” T Muralidharan, the author of the book and Chairman of TMI Group, said.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME
To raise awareness and to enhance the capacity of primary care physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists in the area of diabetes management, the Cycle – IV of the Certificate Course in Gestational Diabetes Miletus (CCGDM) was recently launched pan-India. The course has enrolled around 413 participants in its current cycle across 20 regional centres with 40 regional faculty covering 16 States and one union territory in India. The CCGDM is a four-month executive on the job programme conducted by Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) that aims to develop core skills and need based competencies in this field for the practice of Gestational Diabetes Management. The course will help regional doctors to establish their networks with existing specialised diabetes care centers, eminent obstetricians and gynecologists for improving patient outcomes to combat Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
lITERACY WEEK
A week long literacy week under Delhi school literacy project culminated recently at the Manav Sthali School. It was an event of fun, frolic and festivity where large number of students turned poets and spoke from their hearts about various subjects and issues that they were concerned of.
The chief guest at the event, Dr Rajni Kumar, adviser, Delhi Schools literacy Project (DSlP) was spellbound by students’ spoken word poetry and cultural performances like skit, dance, music and much more. While addressing the students, she said: “Wherever you are, wherever you go, don’t just speak for the sake of speaking. Speak from your heart, from your mind about what you feel.”
Around 1,600 volunteers from Class VI to XI took part in the programme. The competition was not just limited to Manav Sthali School but a team of students took participation in inter-school literacy competition that held in other schools. Inaugurated by Mamta V Bhatnagar, director, Manav Sthali School, the programme commences with a literacy pledge taken by all the teachers and the students to dispel the darkness of illiteracy and light the lamp of knowledge.